hospital fever

noun

: typhus or fever formerly prevalent in hospitals in association with hospital gangrene

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“Hospital fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/hospital%20fever. Accessed 12 Oct. 2024.

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